Support for conveyers.



H. W. SANNER1 SUPPORT FOR CONVEYBES. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15.1910.

9 7,325, Patented Mar.21, 1911.

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H. W. SANNER.

SUPPORT FOR OONVEYERS. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 15, 1910.'

987,325. Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY W. SANNER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SUPPORT FOR CONVEYERS.

T 0 e27 whom 'Lt may concern:

Be it known that .T, lhnnv TV. SANNnn, a citizen of the United States, residingat Pmliimore, in the State of .l v'iarylaiul, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Convcyerr, of which the following is a specification.

lily invention relates to an inipi'r. vement in supports for conveyors, and more particularly to conveyers used for loading coal from a car or bin to a vehicle.

The object is to provide means whereby the support can be adjusted to allow the conveyor to be swung to different angles.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and coml'iinations of parts which will be hereinafter fully descri. ed and. pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingsz--Figure 1 a view in side elevation showing the invention applied to a car, and indicating in full and dotted lines some of the positions taken by the conveycr in reu'ioving; the matcrial from a car: 2 is an end view; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through one of the heads of the support; Fig. 4t is a cross-sectional view of the head; Fig. a bottom plan view of the head; Fig. 6 is a detail view of the clamp; Fig. 7 is a view of one of the props; and Fig. 8 is a view in elevation showing a modified form of a support for supporting the conveyer support in a bin.

A represents a conveyer, which consists of endless chains 1 passing over sprocket wheels 2, and mounted upon the sprocket wheels are buckets 3. Mounted upon the frame of the conveyer are heads 1, 1. A shaft 5, which supports the upper sprocket wheels, supports the heads 4-, pins passing through the end of the shaft for holding the heads thereon. The heads 1 are provided with longitudinal slots 6 which form a guideway through each head for the props 7 the props 7 being provided with enlarged ends 8, which support the props within the head as they are moved in the slots 6. Leading from the slots 6 at, right angles thereto and on each side thereof, are passages 9 and 10, the passage 9 leading to pockets 11, 11, and the passage 10 leading to pockets 12, 12, and 1.3, 13. As the prop is moved through the slot 6, and is conducted, for instance, through the passage 10, the prop will enter either the vertical pockets 12, or the inclined or diagonal pockets 18, so that Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 15, 1910.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911. Serial No. 572,166.

the props will be held in a vertical or diagonal position, but when they are moved into the passage 9, the props will enter the inclined or diagonal pockets 11, thereby causing the props to extend in a diagonal direction fron'i the head.

In some instances, it will be necessary to support the conveyor by inserting one pair of props in the vertical pockets, and the other pair on the opposite side of the convcyer in the diagonal pockets 11 or 13, as occasion requires, this being especially necessary when the conveyor is supported over the side of a car and near one end.

Clamps 14 are adapted to receive the props 7 therethrough, and the props are locked or connected to the clamps by means of thumb screws 15. Hooks 16 are pivotally connected to the clamps 14- whereby the clamps can be connected to the side of the car or vehicle when the conveyor is being used.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 8, I have shown the conve-ycr supported in a bin 17, which is provided with a track 18, upon which is mounted a carriage 19. The con veyer is supported upon the carriage by means of hooks 20 which engage the shaft The hooks are provided with rollers 21 which are supported upon transverse bars 22 of the carriage. These roller carrying hooks permit the conveyor to be shifted to different positions in the bin. A rope 23 is connected to the lower end of the conveyor passing over a pulley 2- 1, by which rope the conveyor can be raised before shifting to a new position in the bin.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A support for conveyers, comprising heads having longitudinal slots and passages leading from the slots, pockets formed at the ends of the passages, and props received in the pockets, capable of being transferred from one pocket to another through the pas sages and slots. I

2. In a support, the combination with heads having slots therein and passages leading from the slots, of vertical and diagonal pockets formed in the passages, and props received in the pockets adapted to be conducted through the slots and passages to the different pockets.

3. In a support for conveyors, the combination with a conveyor having a shaft, of

heads mounted upon the shaft, a plurality of pockets formed in the heads, and props recei'ved in the pockets, said props adapted to be shifted to different pockets, whereby the conveyor can be held in different posit-ions.

L. In a support for conveyers, the combination with a conveyer having a shaft, of heads mounted upon the shaft, a plurality of vertical and diagonal pockets formed in the heads, and props received in the pockets for holding the conveyer in different positions.

5. In a support, the combination With a conveyer, of heads connected to the conveyer, props connected to the heads for holding the eonveyer in posit-ion, a carriage, means connecting the conveyer to the carriage, whereby the conveyer can be shifted to diilerent positions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

HARRY W. SANINER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES D. BZIEINKEN, PHILIP B. RoLLE.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

